All three years of this degree course are divided approximately equally between lecture courses and a creative studio-based culture. The first year studio course acts as a foundation year that aims to bring together students from a range of academic backgrounds. Projects develop in scale and complexity until the major design project at the end of the third year, which addresses a range of cultural, technological, conceptual and representational ideas.

Most of our core architecture graduates go into architectural practice for a year or two, before returning to do a two-year MArch in Architecture course either at Sheffield or another school. Our graduates also pursue careers in the built environment or move on to a specialist masters course. Employers include ARUP, Building Design Partnership, Haworth-Tompkins Architects, Fielden Clegg Bradley, Grimshaw Architects, Hawkins Brown and Penoyre & Prasad. Graduates on our Architectural and Interdisciplinary Studies degree course are well prepared for a career in the built environment in roles such as: built environment consultant, government and local authority advisor, creative and strategic policy maker, architectural critic and journalist, and arts and heritage manager.